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Image of a figure representing a nurse holding out her hands in alarm as she slides down a red arrow above a series of boxes labelled from bands 7 to 4

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Why flexible working could mean dropping a pay band

Despite legal changes, nurses say employers are not doing enough to allow requests

26 Apr 2024

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Retired nurse died after DNACPR patient notes mix up, inquest finds

Coroner rules that neglect contributed to Patricia Dawson’s death in the ED

18 Apr 2024

Chief nursing officer for England Ruth May, who has announced her retirement

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What next – and who next – for nursing?

As England’s CNO prepares to step down, what should her successor’s priorities be?

17 Apr 2024

Illustration of steps showing different pay bands as nurse steps down onto band 5 step

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Nurses forced into lower pay bands after requesting flexible hours

RCN chief brands practice ‘shameful’ and vows to get college’s lawyers to review issue

16 Apr 2024

Striking nurses in Plymouth, Devon, in May 2023

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NHS employers reject suggested separate pay spine for nurses

RCN’s proposed nursing pay scale would harm morale, employers tell government consultation

15 Apr 2024

Older woman stands facing younger woman, possibly her daughter who has a supportive hand on her shoulder. Carer's leave is now a right, which will support the nurse workforce

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Your employment rights: changes to carer’s leave, pregnancy rules and flexible working

Time off to support dependants becomes a legal right and redundancy protection is extended

12 Apr 2024

Photo of nursing students in a lecture, illustrating story about declining student numbers

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Nursing student numbers: degree places ‘getting harder to fill’

University says it cannot meet national targets and had to scrap mental health intake

11 Apr 2024

A tribunal panel looks as documents, with witness facing them across a table. A nurse with Chron’s disease won a tribunal after NHS employer reneged on reasonable adjustments

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Compensation for charge nurse told she had to stop solely working night shifts

Managers rowed back on reasonable adjustments that helped her manage a chronic condition

10 Apr 2024

Photo of RCN general secretary Pat Cullen, illustrating story about RCN's response to government proposals on nurse pay

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Nurses should get £35k starting salary, government told

RCN head Pat Cullen wants overhaul of pay bandings and improvements to nurse career pathway

08 Apr 2024

Nursing staff from York Hospital in North Yorkshire on the hospital picket line during the RCN strike in May last year

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Separate pay spine for nurses: decision draws a step closer

Nurses urged to air views on pay as government consultation closes at midnight

04 Apr 2024

An NMC hearing with tables in a U shape, the panel members facing the camera and being addressed by two people sitting opposite them who are looking at a folder of documents

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Nurse fitness to practise referrals soar amid high case backlog

NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary caseload

03 Apr 2024

Three nurses at a very busy hospital workstation

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Groundbreaking safe staffing law now in force for nurses in Scotland

All Scottish health and care settings must have enough qualified nurses to provide safe care

02 Apr 2024

A nurse holds a pen and document as she talks to a patient sitting up in a hospital bed, both of them wearing protective masks

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NMC closes temporary register set up during COVID-19 crisis

Temporary register saw thousands return to nursing to aid vulnerable at peak of pandemic

01 Apr 2024

Photo of nurse associate students in training, illustrating story about their introduction in Wales

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NMC agrees to regulate nursing associate role in Wales

First nursing associates expected to begin training in autumn 2025

28 Mar 2024

Picture of filing cabinet tabs with FRAUD in red letters and INVESTIGATIONS and LAW in black letters

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Two nurses removed from NMC register for test fraud

Regulator found evidence of fraudulent computer-based tests at a centre in Nigeria

27 Mar 2024

Nursing and Midwifery nameplate outside its HQ

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Nurse suspended after trying to get selfie with footballer

NMC gives nurse four-month suspension for breaching code and patient privacy

26 Mar 2024

Close-up image of two hands, as a nurse in uniform sits at the bedside of a dying patient in hospital, holding their hand

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When a patient is dying: nurses’ role in the hours before and after death

Recognising when death is near, verifying death and providing compassionate care

26 Mar 2024

Striking nurses at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry

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Nurses reject pay offer as it falls short of giving them parity

Nurses in Northern Ireland refuse deal that fails to bring them in line with England

25 Mar 2024

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Protected time for clinical supervision: which nurses will benefit from new rules?

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DNACPR tragedy will prey on the consciences of nurses involved, but they are all of us

Patient’s death tells us what we already know, but will it change anything?

14 May 2024